Best fate for a decommed ship?

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by Midnight Funeral, Feb 24, 2008.

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A ship is retired. You'd rather see her:

  1. Turned into a museum ship

    10 vote(s)
    52.6%

  2. Turned into razor blades

    2 vote(s)
    10.5%

  3. Expended as a target

    7 vote(s)
    36.8%

  4. Sold to a foreign navy

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. Caboose

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    Definately one of the most prevelant reasons, and the tides wreak havoc moving it around if it weren't set.
    They did some pretty extensive tests to establish a setup that keeps it in place, it was an interesting tale.
    Of course if a cat 3+ hits directly, you can expect to be calling some heavy hitters in to get it back in water. :yes:
     
    Caboose, Feb 25, 2008
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  2. Chuck

    Chuck Go Giants!

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    I don't know about the Drum, but the Alabama got shifted pretty badly in her "berth" (or whatever you call that thing) and she appeared to be listing.

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    I used to have a satellite photo of the battleship that showed how "crooked" the ship was after the hurricane, but I guess I deleted it from my hard drive. :shrug:

    The aircraft display building and its contents took one on the chin. When I passed through Mobile last March, they had just about finished putting up a new building, but the planes were all still in the parking lot.

    I took these photos from the Drum's deck:

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    The only damage I saw on the Drum was that there was some hull plating (or whatever the squids call it) missing from the stern and you could see the ribs/frames inside. It looked more like an age/corrosion issue than hurricane damage to me. :shrug:
     
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